It raises an interesting question on whether or not liking the manager of your team on a personal level is important or not, if they get results. On the flip side is it important to managers to feel liked too?
Warnock wasn't everyone's cup of tea and his football was largely forgettable, but he had a certain charm. Pulis, again, terrible footballing ethos but he made attempts to speak well of the area and linked it to his own upbringing. Wilder, in theory (ignoring recent form) has a brand of football, that is far more attractive, but it doesn't seem to be on his agenda at all t try and be liked particularly, he is here to do a job and that is it. There is no connection. If results pick up, does that lack of connection in either direction matter? I suspect not.
If (and that word is doing a lot of heavy lifting) someone like Cooper came in, got us playing and winning, but remained a smarmy git in interviews would we care? It strikes me that most managers like to get fans on side as it is a bit of an insulation policy during the harder times. Wilder, who hasn't got that connection, riled the fans last year with his eyelash fluttering in the general direction of Burnley, may find that it bites him on the backside if results keep going as they are.
